Alien Bunny
- Not to be confused with Star Bunny.
| Alien Bunny | |
|---|---|
 Artwork of an Alien Bunny from WarioWare Gold | |
| First appearance | WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (2003) |
| Latest appearance | WarioWare: Move It! (2023) |
Alien Bunnies, originally known as Space Hares and referred to as Space-Rabbits in the Rhythm Heaven series, are a recurring alien species in the WarioWare series.
History
WarioWare series
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
Space Hares appear in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! in Orbulon's story. As their ship passes by Orbulon's UFO, they notice its distress signal. A Space Hare lowers an elevator into the UFO to rescue Orbulon. During gameplay, they serve as the life counter for microgames. Failing one causes a hole to appear under the leftmost Space Hare and cause it to fall into space. Gaining a life causes one to rise back from a hole. After seeing Orbulon, they drop him back into the UFO. They dance with Orbulon during the intermissions. The spaceships of the Space Hares appear in Space Escape, one of Dribble & Spitz's microgames.
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!
In WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!, the Space Hares have their own minigame in Wobbly Bobbly where up to four players have to keep away from a larger Space Hare in a girl's wig. For the Staff Roll, they are seen on the elevator doors. After flipping over the letter panels and revealing the staff names in each section, they nod. At the end, the wigged Space Hare clings onto the "T" in "The End".
WarioWare: Twisted!
Alien Bunnies (called as such for the first time) show up during Orbulon's story in WarioWare: Twisted! as his minions. He asks them to massage him which causes him to fall asleep. After 30 minutes, the two Alien Bunnies are also asleep. They are only awakened by the ship warning them of a black hole. After Orbulon's UFO gets eaten and spat out by Space Monster Gabriel, the Alien Bunnies swim through space.
WarioWare: Touched!
In WarioWare: Touched!, the Alien Bunnies appear in various places. Two appear floating in space in the ending of Dr. Crygor's story when he flies into space. Mike goes to a planet inhabited by many Alien Bunnies in his intro cutscene; after Dribble & Spitz come to return him home in the ending, the Alien Bunnies wave goodbye as he leaves.
Game & Wario
In Game & Wario, the Alien Bunnies make a brief appearance during the epilogue of Captain Wario's story as they fly through the sky. They also make a brief appearance in the tutorial for Sketch, where they are shown playing the game with Orbulon.
WarioWare Gold
In WarioWare Gold, the Alien Bunnies are staff at the Wario Bowl, Wario's gaming tournament.[1] They are present in a control room of Diamond City Stadium, appearing to operate all the computers while Wario sits around in the center and does announcements. As such, they appear in a number of cutscenes in the game though as always they are silent.
An Alien Bunny holds the box in the coin collecting game following each Boss Stage for characters who makes Mash microgames. This includes Wario Deluxe, whose coin collecting game when it uses the Mash control type has an Alien Bunny. The player can move the bunny left and right across the ground to get as many coins to fall in the box as possible. The Alien Bunny can also jump.
For the intros of Wario's Mash warm-up, Wario's Twist warm-up, and Wario's Touch warm-up, two Alien Bunnies are present when Wario explains the control scheme for the relevant league. For the intro to 5-Volt's stage, two Alien Bunnies are part of Mr. Sparkles's television show. Each of them holds one of the extremely heavy frying pans he is promoting.
The Alien Bunnies appear in the shorts featuring Wario. In the first one, the Alien Bunnies ask Wario for some of the gold he is bathing in, but fail to get his attention. The bad smell from the Pot of Luxeville drives the Alien Bunnies back, though Wario does not appear to have intended to force them away. In the second one, Wario's overly loud snoring following a "rage nap" causes one to fold its ears downward. In the third one, two Alien Bunnies hold the cord Wario is using to bungee jump off Diamond City Stadium.
For the intro to Wario Deluxe's stage, one Alien Bunny helps Wario lift the Pot of Luxeville up so he can wear it on his head as a crown. This turns Wario into Wario Deluxe.
WarioWare: Get It Together!
In WarioWare: Get It Together!, five Alien Bunnies can be seen in the shot of Diamond City in the opening. Alien Bunnies can also be seen in a field with Doris 1 when Penny flies off with the Jet Tank One in the intro to Penny's Mix. They appear in Orbulon's character gallery as well.
WarioWare: Move It!
In WarioWare: Move It!, an Alien Bunny appears on the television in the intro cutscene. Eventually, the Alien Bunnies appear in Orbulon's stage, Sweet Dreams, Sweeter Fruit, where they fly across his's mindscape whenever a speed-up ensues.
Rhythm Heaven series
Space-Rabbits appear in the Japan-exclusive game Rhythm Tengoku for the Game Boy Advance, its internationally released sequel Rhythm Heaven for the Nintendo DS, Rhythm Heaven Fever for the Wii, and Rhythm Heaven Megamix for the Nintendo 3DS. As these games were made by the same team who develop the WarioWare games, many characters from both series cross over in this manner.
Profiles
WarioWare Gold character cards
- Rank C – These critters are the perfect staff at Wario's tourney. They're not cheap, but they really, er... hop to it.
- Rank B – They prefer to feed on fresh carotene and buy it by the log at home. Every bit of currency goes into carotene.
- Rank A – They are beyond adorable, but they aren't into warm fuzzies. Their faces also don't emote all that much.
Gallery
WarioWare: Twisted!
WarioWare Gold
WarioWare: Get It Together!
WarioWare: Get It Together!
WarioWare: Get It Together!
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Names in other languages
WarioWare series
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ウチューうさぎ[?] Uchū Usagi |
Space Rabbit | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 宇宙兔[?] Yǔzhòu Tù |
Space Rabbit | |
| French | Lapin de l'espace Astro Lapin (Touched!)[?] |
Space Rabbit Astro Rabbit |
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| German | Astro-Kaninchen (Touched!) Weltallhase (Minigame Mania)[?] |
Astro Rabbit Space Hare |
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| Italian | Strambo spaziale (Minigame Mania) Astro Bunny (since Touched!)[?] |
Space weirdo - |
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| Korean | 우주 토끼[?] Uju Tokki |
Space Rabbit | |
| Russian | Инопланетные зайка[?] Inoplanetnyye zayka |
Alien Bunny | |
| Spanish | Conejito alienígena[?] | Alien Bunny |
Rhythm Heaven series
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 宇宙ウサギ (Rhythm Tengoku) 月ウサギ[?] Uchū Usagi Tsuki Usagi |
Space Rabbit Moon Rabbit |
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| French | Lapins lunaires[?] | Lunar rabbits | |
| German | Weltraumhase[?] | Space Hare | |
| Italian | Conigli spaziali[?] | Space rabbits | |
| Korean | 달토끼[?] Daltokki |
Moon Rabbit | |
| Spanish | Conejo espacial[?] | Space rabbit |
- ^ "These critters are the perfect staff at Wario's tourney." – 2018. WarioWare Gold. English.
